Crank-case support.



F. A. GOULD & W. G. BAXTER.

CRANK CASE SUPPORT APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1917.

25 5, Patented Feb.1 9,1918.

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GQGLD AND WILLIAM GRANT BAXTER, F MGNTFORT, WISCONSIN.

CRANK-CASE SUPPQERT.

-Visconsin, have invented new and useful orovements in Crank-CaseSupports, of l the following is s specification.

our invention is an improvement in crank case supports, and has for itsobject to provide a support oi the character specified attachment toFord cars for supporting the crank ccse against downward moron thesepport is connected to the iLfllllQ of the vehicle and to the sup 11gfor the crank case. in the drawings? is a partial side view or. thecrank of the motor vehicle showing the sup- POM 1n use 2 is 1, lookingin the direction Or the arrow adjacent to the line. v v

The present emhodiment of the invention is shoivn in connection with thecrank case 1 of o motor vehicle :2, and the attachment is connected tothe channel bars 3 of the frame and to the supporting arms l'ior thecrank case, which engage over the channel bars as shown and areconnected to the oars by bolts and nuts 5.

The support comprises Emir of similar plates, ooch consisting of a body6 having its ends bent angulerfifi as shown at 7 and 8, respectively.Tend 7 is adopted to engage outside of the adjacent channel bar and overthe -he said end? having a catch 9 for this u-pose. This end of eachplate is prol with an opening, adopted to register 12 theopenings-through a channel bar and arm legend ooltli 38 passed throughthe so i d openings. The lower angular end 8 or each Specification of Eetters Eatent. I

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",ation filed September 12, 1917. Serial No. 190,989.

plate has an opening, and through the openings of the plates are ends ofrods 10, the sai rods being bent, as shown, to conform roughly with thecur a-' ture of the crank case, and nuts 11- are threaded onto the endsof each rod outside of the angular ends 8 T he rods fit on oppositesides of the drainage boss 12 on the assed the threaded bottom of thecrank case, and it'Will be evident that by turning the nuts theadjustment -may be varied to attain the proper degree of tension.

The improved support is easily attached, and, once attached requires noattention,

since it is firmly held by the bolts 5 and the nuts 11. Should thesupport become loose it may be tightened by the nuts 11.

We claim:

ln s motor vehicle, the combination with a crank case having supportingarms and aframe comprising channel bars, of a support for the crank caseconnected to the channel bers of the frame and extending beneath thecrank case and having means for tightening the some, seidsupportcomprising plates at the opposite sides of the crank case each platehaving its ends bent angularly, and-one end having a catch for engagingover the ad jecent channel her, said ends of the plates being secured tothe channel bars and the supporting arms of the crank case, rods havingtheir ends bent to conform approximately with the curvature of the crankcase and extending: beneath the same, the other angular ends of theplates having openings through which the rods extend, and nuts engagingthe rods.

FRANK ARTHUR GOULD. l/VlLl'JlAE/l GRANT BAXTER.

v -Witnesses: i

DAvm' JAMES, J. (I. Meson.

